Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video
Creator's tip (Beginning, middle, end): Beginning: the hook, the character and the place. Middle: the problem, the tries, the tension. End: the answer and the message. Show, don’t tell; one clear idea for a short video; plan → film → edit → share.
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- 1.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) film the shots (b) storyboard your shots
- 2.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) a second try fails (b) tension builds up (c) set up the goal (d) the credits roll
- 3.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 4.True or false: “a final message” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “edit the clips” or “choose your idea”? (a) choose your idea (b) edit the clips
- 6.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a second try fails”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the credits roll (c) the problem is solved (d) set up the goal
- 8.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) hook the viewer (b) show the problem (c) introduce the character (d) solve the problem
- 9.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to test the mic (b) to make it longer (c) to hide the title (d) to grab attention fast
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an obstacle appears (b) show where we are (c) a second try fails (d) the problem gets worse
- 11.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) credits (b) titles (c) cutaways (d) keyframes
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem is solved (c) tension builds up (d) a final message
- 13.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the LAST step? (a) reach the big moment (b) wrap up the story (c) build up the action (d) introduce the character
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) an obstacle appears (c) a final message (d) the problem is solved
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) edit the clips (b) film the shots (c) storyboard your shots (d) choose your idea
- 16.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “choose your idea”? (a) write a short script (b) choose your idea
- 17.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) set up the goal (b) tension builds up (c) the problem is solved (d) how things turned out
- 18.True or false: “show where we are” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 19.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a long title (b) loud music (c) ten transitions (d) a problem to solve
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a second try fails (b) a hook in 5 seconds (c) meet the main character (d) show where we are
- 21.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem is solved”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 22.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “choose your idea” or “film the shots”? (a) choose your idea (b) film the shots
- 23.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “an obstacle appears”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 24.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “solve the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) build up the action (c) wrap up the story (d) reach the big moment
- 25.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) add more talking (b) use only text (c) switch the camera off (d) let pictures tell it
- 26.True or false: “meet the main character” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔢 To tell a story in a video, what comes right after “reach the big moment”? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem (c) build up the action (d) hook the viewer
- 28.True or false: “set up the goal” belongs at the beginning. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “build up the action”? (a) solve the problem (b) build up the action
- 30.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a final message”? (a) beginning (b) end (c) middle
- 31.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “hook the viewer”? (a) hook the viewer (b) reach the big moment
- 32.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) the problem gets worse (b) meet the main character (c) the problem is solved (d) show where we are
- 33.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely (c) write a short script (d) choose your idea
- 34.True or false: “a second try fails” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 36.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “a hook in 5 seconds”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 37.True or false: “tension builds up” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs at the beginning. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) how things turned out (b) the problem gets worse (c) an obstacle appears (d) tension builds up
- 40.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) tension builds up (b) meet the main character (c) the problem is solved (d) set up the goal
Answer key
- storyboard your shots
- the credits roll
- beginning
- True
- choose your idea
- middle
- set up the goal
- hook the viewer
- to grab attention fast
- show where we are
- cutaways
- tension builds up
- wrap up the story
- an obstacle appears
- storyboard your shots
- choose your idea
- set up the goal
- True
- a problem to solve
- a second try fails
- end
- choose your idea
- middle
- wrap up the story
- let pictures tell it
- True
- solve the problem
- True
- build up the action
- end
- hook the viewer
- the problem is solved
- choose your idea
- True
- False
- beginning
- False
- True
- how things turned out
- tension builds up
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